The peasants passed their weary days in much ______ and little
comfort.
a. pertinence
b. renown
c. travail
d. exile
e. repose
The haunted house displayed ______ scenes in every room,
causing squeamish visitors to scream.
a. preparatory
b. archaic
c. macabre
d. precocious
e. impetuous
The concert audience was frustrated by the poor ______ of the
sounds coming from the speakers.
a. modulation
b. recrimination
c. terminus
d. dissidence
e. assertion
Please don’t ______ me my success—I’ve worked hard to earn this
promotion!
a. renege
b. begrudge
c. excise
d. staunch
e. vaunt
With an ______ blow of the whistle, the meddling parent
interrupted the game to reiterate the rules of the tournament.
a. industrious
b. illustrious
c. eloquent
d. officious
e. enviable
The candidate’s inappropriately sexist remark was met with a
______ of denunciations from the angry crowd.
a. bastion
b. fusillade
c. mélange
d. dichotomy
e. solecism
The ______ employee decided to complain publicly about the
unacceptable working conditions.
a. discreet
b. prudent
c. precarious
d. malcontent
e. stupendous
The internist decided to treat the ______ with medication, but also
recommended rest and proper nutrition.
a. malady
b. nonentity
c. missive
d. repository
e. nonchalance
The castaway’s hut was ______ by the natives curious to see who
the intruder was upon their island.
a. beset
b. surmised
c. precluded
d. garnered
e. .....d
Sometimes my grandmother would ______ all different types of
thread so she could include more colors in the clothes she sewed.
a. daunt
b. raddle
c. scrabble
d. thrush
e. empower
The defense attorney’s choice of words ______ that there were
other possible versions of the crime, but the jury was unconvinced.
a. pervaded
b. insinuated
c. discounted
d. imposed
e. ensconced
Some would say Muzak is a(n) ______ form of music, a kind of
background noise designed to be heard but not listened to.
a. arable
b. degenerate
c. volatile
d. pivotal
e. exemplary
The teacher was dismissed for the ______ act of helping his
students cheat on the exam.
a. steadfast
b. meritorious
c. unconscionable
d. pristine
e. fortuitous
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When we first meet Romeo, he is ______ over his unrequited love
for Rosaline.
a. brooding
b. ogling
c. meandering
d. embellishing
e. groveling
Because it had been worn and washed so often, Linus’s favorite tshirt
was tattered and ______ with holes.
a. salvaged
b. circulated
c. riddled
d. emulated
e. congregated
Henley’s ______ remarks about my presentation did not bother me
because I knew I’d done a good job.
a. derogatory
b. voracious
c. tactile
d. capricious
e. amiable
Eels swim using a rapid ______ motion that propels them through
the water.
a. dissipating
b. undulating
c. eradicating
d. objurgating
e. irritating